Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region

In 2025, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 15.7% compared to 2024, reaching 26.0.

Portugal ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.3% (from 26.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.